All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has again urged the defeated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ladi Adebutu, to allow justice to take place and desist from “bullying” the judiciary.
It also appealed to Adebutu to refrain from cyber-stalking of the Prince Dapo Abiodun Administration.
Reacting to an alleged propaganda video in which Adebutu, who lost the March 18, 2023 governorship election to APC’s Dapo Abiodun, was assuring that his petition would succeed at the Election Petitions Tribunal, the APC spokesperson, Tunde Oladunjoye, said having submitted their “wobbly petition, the PDP and its candidate should allow justice to take its course.
“You cannot be a petitioner and judge at the same time. Election petition is not won on social media,” the APC added.
In the press statement titled, “If wishes were horses, losers will win,” the APC said “Adebutu’s persistent bullying of the judiciary, peddling of falsehood against the government and inciting the citizens, is the worst version of what defective petitioners do to give non-existent hope to gullible followers to keep them in check and securely warehoused.”
It described Adebutu’s appeal to pity as a devious tactic, saying that the PDP candidate was raising fear where there was none by alleging that some civil servants were being victimised because of their voting preferences.
Oladunjoye wondered how Governor Dapo Abiodun could have punished any voters when voting was done in secret.
He challenged Adebutu to show how and when Governor Abiodun assumed supernatural powers to identify those who voted for him and those who did not.
To the contrary, the Ogun workers have directly and through their unions have been expressing joy on the victory of Prince Dapo Abiodun at the polls, while many have paid congratulatory visits to the governor. Many other unions, professional associations and groups have written to felicitate the governor and requested for visitation.
“It is indeed funny that a gubernatorial candidate credibly accused of violation of the Electoral Act through documented and unprecedented vote buying is not content with submitting a flawed petition to the Election Petitions Tribunal, but is taking actions that are clearly subjudice; loading the public space with videos purveying vile propaganda.
“The petition they are hyping is nothing but foul smoke that will be blown away with the wind. They fantasised about votes to be deducted from APC votes! This is laughable. They have been deceived by rookie statisticians who came up with all manner of strange allegations, expecting their one-winged petition to fly,” the party said.
